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perception (unit 3) Flashcards

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perception

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process of organizing and interpreting sensory information

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form perception

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we must perceive a figure from its ground up

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3
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depth perception

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transform 2D-3D

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4
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motion perception

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brain computes motion as images move across retina

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perceptual interpretation

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how we can recognize an object

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selective attention

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focusing of conscious awareness on particular stimulus

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cocktail party effect

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ability to attend selectively to one voice among many

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inattentional blindness

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inability to see an object in our midst

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change blindness

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when you do not notice something changes cause you are so focused on something else

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visual capture

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tendency for vision to dominate other senses

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gestalt

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tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

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figure ground

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figures that stand out from their surroundings

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grouping

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perceptual tendency to organize stimuli into coherent groups

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proximity

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groups nearby figure together

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simularity

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group figures that are similar

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continuity

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perceive continuous patterns

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connectedness

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spots, lines, and areas are uni when connected

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18
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closure

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fill in the gaps

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depth perception

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ability to see things in 3-D and allows us to judge distance

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visual cliff

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suggest that human infants have depth perception (crawling age)

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21
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binocular cues

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require both eyes

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retinal disparity

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images from two eyes differ

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convergence

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two eyes move inward for near objects

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monocular cues

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available to each eye separately

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relative size

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smaller image is more distant

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interposition

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if one objects blocks another we perceive it as closer

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relative clarity

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hazy objects are seen as more distant

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texture gradient

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course objects appear closer and fine objects are distant

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relative height

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objects higher in field of vision appear farther away

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relative motion

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closer objects seem to move faster

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linear perspective

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parallel lines appear to converge with distance

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light and shadow

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closer objects appear brighter; shading produces depth

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motion perception

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objects traveling towards us increase in size and objects moving away decrease in size

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phi phenomenon

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illusion of movement created when two or more adjacent lights blink on and off

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stroboscopic movement

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brain will interpret rapid series of slightly varying images as continuous movement

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perceptual constancy

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perceiving objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change

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template matching

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brains have template for everything

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prototype matching

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see what best example of something is see close enough to match

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feature analysis

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break down feature into parts and analyze what it is

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immanuel kant

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knowledge comes from innate way of organizing sensory experiences

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john locke

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through experience we learn to perceive the world

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perpetual set

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mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another

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schemas

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concepts that organize and interpret unfamiliar information

44
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human factors psych

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explores how humans and machines interact

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extrasensory perception

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controversial claim that perception can occur apart from sensory input

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parapsychologists

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people who study beyond normal occurrences

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telepathy

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mind to mind communication

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clairvoyance

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perceiving remote events

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precognition

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perceiving future events

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psychokinesis

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mind over matter

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